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zuckerberg will become one of the richest men in the world. would you want to leave the results of an election up to a coin toss? doesnt sound like a viable option, does it? turns out it is. well take you down to texas. a flick of the wrist will decide an election there. it may look like your grandfathers 1960s rocket but it aint. an insider look at the next frontier at intergalactic travel. are you ready to friend facebook? in the next hour investors will get their first chance ...

from coast-to-coast here in the u.s. we have ali velshi and dan si n simons is outside the headquarters outside menlo park. facebooks price will be showing at the bottom of your screen. lets begin with christine romans in new york. give us the starting price of "fb" the ticker name. this is the third largest public offering behind gm and visa, right? >> reporter: that is right. it could be the second largest by the time all of the trades are said and done. we are still waiting for the ...

the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. im wore blitzer, youre in "the situation room" of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much -- not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the ...

people who will buy it before it goes public. high net worth retail investors, you know, relatively rich people who trade often. and then theres everybody else, the average joe retail investor. thats likely most of you out there. starting with ned i want to go one at a time. ned, good to see you, my friend. well talk later about whether one should or shouldnt buy this. what do you think a retail investor who gets on to their trading platform at 9:00 on friday will be likely to pay for ...

collaborative fund, an early facebook investor. all right. so there are four kinds of investors viewing for a cut of this ipo. early stage investors like craig, they got involved a long time ago. institutional investors, the people who will buy it before it goes public, high net worth retail investors, relatively rich people who trade often, and then theres everybody else, the average joe retail investor. thats likely most of you out there. starting with ned i want to go one at a time....

Contrast. people who are fortunate product of the american dream, who as erin says, are taken aback about their success and are pretty darn gracious about it most of the time. >> he is working student now, people in their 20s. and people are still in school. which of them will vote for romney? it seems to me the only ones that would naturally be driven to someone like him would be the b school people. some of the kids in business school who cant wait to go out and make money and equity and wall ...

Than mine, that is going to be one of the proudest accomplishments. >> that is delicious. >> it is time to answer some of the business questions, and erica and les are with us again. and this is a question from bill, i want to expand my company to include hotel ownership and im thinking of a unique hotel on or near the beech. how can one find an angel investor to see the business plan? what about that. he has an idea and how does he find somebody to give him money? >> he is right to two to the a...

Administration has said "no, off limits, we will stick to grown agenda." the president has become a venture capitalist that invested billions in his own agenda and turned his back on the most affordable and accessible and keep our cost of living in a lower legal. we enjoyed a mild winter. when we see the summer gas prices coming and what it will happen next winter and power our autos it will be a drastic effect. >>dave: the obama administration would counter as we wrap this up we have more domes...

>> reporter: exactly, ugh is what everyone associated with it would be saying in the white house. they kept trying to put a good face on it and push it. martha: why? >> reporter: plus of the political vulnerability this president finds himself in. martha, here is a guy who has been pushing at energy, green energy, and it seems like everything that theyve touched has turned to just utter -- well, has not worked. martha: it makes you ask, well didnt they have any example? couldnt they ditch the so...

Gas prices, youre trying to cutback. what type of average family is going to buy a sports car for six figures. it makes no sense to me. >> reporter: lets talk about the jobs promises. back in 2009 as we just showed the vice president touted that this new delaware plant would be opening, the company said they thought they could add 2,000 new jobs, in fact theyve laid off a hundred or more workers. how do they get that so wrong? >> first of all the government should not be in the job of being a ve...